Ch 5: AP English: Types of Poetry

About This Chapter

Watch online English video lessons and learn about free and blank verse, odes, sonnets and more. These lessons are just a portion of our online AP English course.

AP English: Types of Poetry - Chapter Summary and Learning Objectives

Use this chapter to explore traditional poetic forms alongside some of their more modern adaptations. Instructors teaching the lessons go over several examples of each to give you a better understanding of how poets make the most of something as simple as meter and structure to cause introspection, woo someone or communicate a sense of loss. By the end of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:

Identify the differences between free and blank verse

Describe the characteristics of sonnets, odes and elegies

Outline different types of narrative poetry

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Objectives

Blank Verse: Definition and Examples

Explore some popular examples of unrhymed, metered verse.

What Is Free Verse Poetry? - Examples & Definition

Discover poetry written in unrhymed, unmetered verse, and examine Whitman's influence on the use of this form.

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